Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble - African High Life (1963) {Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series}
Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble - African High Life (1963) {Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series}
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International / Jazz / World / African Traditions / Highlife
African High Life is the debut album by Nigerian drummer and percussionist Solomon Ilori recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was reissued on CD in 2006 with three bonus tracks recorded at a later session. It seems strange that Blue Note, a label generally associated with bop, hard bop, and the early avant-garde, would have released an album like African High Life. It didn't really fit in with Blue Note's back catalog and – perhaps as a result – the label didn't tread these waters again for a number of years. Regardless, this is a very enjoyable if not essential album of traditional African highlife music set to dance tempos.
Fans of Count Ossie (or other Pan-African musics that predate an outright American R&B influence) should know what to expect here. In other words, it doesn't sound as modern as Fela Kuti, so it won't supply the kinds of grooves expected on most dancefloors. This is a more traditional music and, despite its Blue Note affiliation, it should be appreciated on its own terms.
Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble - African High Life (1963) {Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series}
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Personnel:
#1-6 (recorded on April 25, 1963):
Solomon Ilori - vocal, pennywhistle, talking drum, guitar (5)
Chief Bey - conga
Josiah Ilori - sakara drum, cowbell
Robert Crowder - conga, chekere, cowbell
Montego Joe - conga
Garvin Masseaux - conga, xylophone, cowbell
Jay Berliner - guitar
Hosea Taylor - alto sax, flute
Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass
Coleridge Perkinson - musical director
#7-9 (recorded on October 30, 1964):
Solomon Ilori - vocal, talking drum
Chief Bey, Roger Sanders, Ladji Camara, Sonny Morgan - congas
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Hubert Laws - tenor sax, flute
Coleridge Perkinson - piano, musical director
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Elvin Jones - drums
tracklist:
01 - Tolani (African Love Song)
02 - Ise Oluwa (God's Work Is Indestructible)
03 - Follow Me To Africa
04 - Yaba E (Farewell)
05 - Jojolo (Look At This Beautiful Girl)
06 - Aiye Le (The Troubled World)
07 - Gbogbo Omo Ibile (Going Home)
08 - Agbamurero (Rhino)
09 - Igbesi Aiye (Song Of Praise To God)
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Solomon Ilori / African High Life
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EAC extraction logfile from 24. November 2010, 10:14
Solomon Ilori / African High Life
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
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Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 7:46.42 | 0 | 34991
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4 | 19:00.27 | 5:30.63 | 85527 | 110339
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7 | 35:17.31 | 11:50.03 | 158806 | 212058
8 | 47:07.34 | 13:55.41 | 212059 | 274724
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Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble - African High Life (1963) {Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series}
Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble - African High Life (1963) {Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series}
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